Release Details

Tools/Links

• The release branch name will be ET_2010_06
• Testsuite Status page (add the testsuite *.log files created by scripts below to the repository at [1] to have them automatically included)
• Scripts to compile and run testsuites on different machines

Creating and working with git branches

Some basic git commands to create and work with branches:

Check in your local repository which branch you are in:

%git branch
* master

Check the branches of your project in the remote repository:

%git branch -r
  origin/HEAD
  origin/master

Create a new branch called test:

%git checkout -b test
Switched to a new branch "test"
%git branch  
  master
* test

Work on files in that branch:

%vi test.txt

Verify the status of files you modified in that branch:

%git status
 # On branch test
 # Untracked files:
 #   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
 #
 #       test.txt
 nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

Add the file(s) edited to the git stage area:

%git add test.txt
%git status
 # On branch test
 # Changes to be committed:
 #   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
 #
 #       new file:   test.txt
 #

Commit your changes to your local repository:

%git commit -m "test file only"
 Created commit 14644af: test file only
  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
  create mode 100644 test.txt

Now you want to push these changes to a remote repository that you have writing permission:

%git push origin test

Note however that, unless git is configured so, your local branch of "test" does not track any changes committed by others to the remote branch "test". Maybe the simplest way to proceed then is just to delete your local branch:

%git branch -D test
Deleted branch test.

and checkout the remote branch you just created but letting git know you want to track remote changes to that branch as well:

%git checkout --track -b test origin/test

You may want to see how two branches differ or how your modifications of the branch compare to the HEAD of the branch, for example. Suppose you just added the test.txt file to the staged git area called the index. To know the difference between the index and the HEAD, essentially what would be committed if 'git commit' is issued, just use git diff as follows:

%git diff  --cached
 diff --git a/test.txt b/test.txt
 new file mode 100644
 index 0000000..373c7b0
 --- /dev/null
 +++ b/test.txt
 @@ -0,0 +1 @@
 +Hello, world!

Release Plan

Task		Due date	Responsible	Status
(Re)run Testsuites	numrel	as necessary	Frank	√
	philip	as necessary	Frank	√
	queenbee	as necessary	Frank	√
	ranger	as necessary	Tanja	√
	kraken	as necessary	Ian	√
	pelican	as necessary	Frank	dropped
	damiana	as necessary	Ian	√
	bluedrop	as necessary	Peter	√ (down for Jun 17th)
	redshift	as necessary	Erik	√
Fix Testsuites	DistortedBHIVP/E2xeon_test_dbh fails on LONI	Jun 15	Frank	√
	Exact/Schwarzschild_EF fails on LONI	Jun 15	Frank	√
	QuasiLocalMeasures/all fail	Jun 15	Eloisa	√
	WeylScal4/teukolsky fails	Jun 15	Peter	√
Add Testsuites	McLachlan	Jun 15	Ian	√
Check & Improve Documentation (www, wiki)		Jun 16	Bruno, Tanja	√
Write announcement texts		Jun 16	Gabrielle	√
Create release branch	svn.einsteintoolkit.org	Jun 16	Frank	√
	svn.cactuscode.org	Jun 16	Frank	√
	carpetcode.org	Jun 16	Erik	√
	aei.mpg.de	Jun 16	Ian	√
	cvs.cct.lsu.edu	Jun 16	Frank	not needed anymore
	svn.cct.lsu.edu	Jun 16	Frank	√
	github.com/ianhinder/Kranc.git	Jun 16	Ian	√

Release team

• Gabrielle Allen
• Frank Löffler
• Erik Schnetter